Everybody’s Brewing breaks ground for expansion

According to Doug Ellenberger, the initial push for the expansion was that Everybody’s physical brewery has outgrown its current space a lot faster than they thought they would after the last renovation and now needs more space.

“We thought we’d have five years, we got two,” laughs Ellenberger.

In February, The Enterprise reported on the moving of the Trellis flower shop to Bingen and Candy’s Spa to the west end of E. Jewett, and Everybody’s acquiring the spaces it previously occupied.

Not only was this an opportunity to expand the physical brewery, but the restaurant and kitchen as well.

Ellenberger explained, “Right now we brew about 15 batches of each of our beers a week. This renovation will allow us to brew 30 batches a week and that's really important as we go forward and continue to expand where we sell our beer, too.”

He added, “We will have a large walk-in cooler, a large area for prep and dry storage, and the much larger kitchen,”

The Trellis building will be remodeled to be the new kitchen.

“We will have a large walk-in cooler, a large area for prep and dry storage, and the much larger kitchen,” said Ellenberger.

The Trellis building will house the expanded public restrooms and waiting area. The expansion on the corner will be the location of the restaurant.

The layout and feel will be very similar to the original space. A major change will be more seating, indoors and outside.

Ellenberger clarified that Everybody’s will be vacating its current location, the IOOF building, which has been its home for nearly eight years.

“The kitchen expansion will be a real relief for the kitchen staff.

“This expansion really had us look at what we can do to improve life for our employees as far as benefits, insurance, higher pay, etc., to give them a better life, which they deserve.

“We would not be where we are now without them.”

As of now the renovation is set to be completed in late spring in 2018.